English > envisage: 1 sense > verb 1, creation| Meaning | form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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| Model | Did he envisage his major works over a short period of time? |
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| Synonyms | imagine, conceive of, ideate |
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| Narrower | dream, daydream, woolgather, stargaze | Have a daydream |
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| envision, foresee | picture to oneself |
| fantasize, fantasise | Portray in the mind |
| fantasy, fantasize, fantasise | indulge in fantasies |
| prefigure | imagine or consider beforehand |
| think | imagine or visualize / visualize |
| visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image | imagine |
| visualize, visualise | form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract |
| Broader | create by mental act, create mentally | Create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands |
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| Spanish | concebir, imaginar, pensar, prever |
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| Catalan | afigurar-se, concebre, imaginar-se, imaginar |
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